Lady Windermere's Fan - Radio 3 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
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Mira Sorvino, Susannah Fielding, James Callis, Jonathan Cake, Rosalind Ayres, Ian Ogilvy, Peter Woodward, Matthew Wolf and more
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A fresh look at Oscar Wilde's masterpiece of secrets, lies and betrayal. His subtitle: 'A play about a good woman'.
Social outsider Mrs Erlynne and respectable Lord Windermere share a secret. Are they having an affair?
Confronted by young wife Margaret, her husband denies it. Unconvinced, she decides to leave him. A roller-coaster examination of 'good' and 'bad'. Deceit. Infidelity. Love. The tell-tale fan becomes a vital clue as the truth finally becomes clear. But who actually is the 'good' woman?
A masterly thriller - its timelessness reflected in specially composed music - this drawing-room comedy is turned on its head in Wilde's amazingly up-to-date study of hypocrisy.
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First broadcast
Sunday 15th April 2018 at 7:30pm on BBC Radio 3
Episode length
105 minutes
All previous repeats
Sunday 9th February 2020 at 7:30pm on Radio 3